For STYLE Designers: S2: Required Features

[ninetydegrees]

Last updated: July 26, 2013.

Dreamwidth makes great effort toward providing the same options in all of its styles but it can be hard for designers and developers to keep track of updates and integrate all options into the designs. I hope listing current required standards will make it easier for everybody.

All styles should:

-- Have no hardcoded font faces. (bug #2629, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have no hardcoded font sizes for major elements (see existing options). (no specific bug, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have no hardcoded colors. (several bugs, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have no CSS resets which would prevent the correct display of HTML elements users might include in their posts. (bug 4045, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Support the one-column display mode. (bug #1798, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support left and right sidebar placement if a multi-column mode is available. (several bugs, bug #3185, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support all Tabula Rasa presentation options. (several bugs, bug #3775, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support all Tabula Rasa color options. (bug #3190, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support all Tabula Rasa font options. (bug #2195, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Support all Tabula Rasa image options. (several bugs, bug #3052, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support the placement of any module in all available positions or restrict the positions certain modules can be in. (several bugs, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Make sure header modules, if there are any, wrap correctly when screen size is reduced. (several bugs, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have a 'Back to Top' link at the bottom of every page. (bug #3472, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have at least one light on dark theme for each style. (unofficial, IMPLEMENTED)


* Not true of all styles yet but style designers should keep this in mind for future styles.